As the Tibetan New Year is drawing near, local bazaars bustles even more and peopel now smell the festivous air everywhere.

Again Tromsikhang Market, the most famous traditional place for festive shopping in Lhasa, is crowed with buyers from all around submerged by incalculable commodities and necessities for losar preparations.

Here you will find some common food stuff Tibetans usually purchase fro the New Year celebration.

Various Tibetan-style eatables. Before losar, Tibetans usually buy a variety of storable food materials for the New Year period. [Photo/Tibet.cn]

Large trunks of ghee butter. Even in daily life, Tibetans are used to prepare ghee butter which is essential on their dinner table, not to mention the the New Year period. [Photo/Tibet.cn]